1. Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin’s recent remarks on orangutans were taken out of context, the Ministry says.
“Some have tried to spin the Minister's words which were merely said in jest, to cast aspersions on her and the MPIC.”
“Some have tried to spin the Minister's words which were merely said in jest, to cast aspersions on her and the MPIC.”
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2. “The speech was made at a closed-door event organised by the Malaysian Palm Oil Council recently,” the Ministry wrote in a statement.
“In the speech, the Minister was sharing with the audience her experience during a recent trip to Saudi Arabia.”
“In the speech, the Minister was sharing with the audience her experience during a recent trip to Saudi Arabia.”
3. “The reason why the orang utans issue was brought up in the speech was to get the relevant agencies to study further the habitats and living habits of the species, in line with the country's sustainable goals of promoting biodiversity.”
4. The Ministry said the findings would then be presented to foreign stakeholders like the European Union.
It added, however, that many parties had chosen to “cherry-pick the speech to present a distorted view”.
It added, however, that many parties had chosen to “cherry-pick the speech to present a distorted view”.
5. “We call on social media users to stop sharing such distorted content as this will only lower the morale of the tireless staff of MPIC and its agencies who had displayed respectable commitment in promoting Malaysian palm oil.”
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